Yogaball

Adita Yrizarry

Based on this video, I do not expect to see yoga on the balance ball as the next trend in video fitness. Pilates, it turns out, is much more suitable for use with the ball. Still, I appreciate this tape's attempt to use the ball for yoga. It is not a very solid yoga workout, but it does offer a nice stretch and good balance work.

All of the moves that are non-yoga moves work very well with the ball, while all of the moves adapted from yoga (with the exception of child's pose) feel very awkward to me. Downward dog with a huge ball under your chest is awkward. Triangle and warrior with a huge ball between your legs is awkward. Adita claims that using the ball with yoga helps improve form, and I do find this to be the case with pilates and the ball. But my form was horrible while I was doing this tape and I had to stop doing the downward dogs because my back began to hurt.

Rolling around on the ball felt wonderful, however, and there is some good balance work here.